Bed, and particularly beds pivoted to assume an upright position



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Snuentor I JJM@ Patented May 28, 1940 PATENT OFFICE BED, AND PARTICULARLY BEDS PIVOTED T0 ASSUBIE AN UPRIGHT POSITION Wilfred Deschamps, Detroit, Mich.

Application July 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,344

2 Claims.

This invention relates to beds and particularly beds pivoted to assume an upright position, when not in use.

An object of the invention is to mount a bed on pivotal supports, adapting it tobe swung upright when not in use, such supports being adapted to securely hold the bed upright without use of springs or latches.

Another object is to provide supports whereon a bed may be swung to a raised position, such supports having bases adapted to seat the raised bed and thus avoid scarring a floor.

A further object is to employ members seating the bed, in its raised position, and also carrying a board or the like, to take the weight of the mattress in said position.

These and various other objects are attained by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the bed,` in its position of use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of one of the supports whereon the bed is pivoted to swing up or down.

Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the bed in its raised position.

In these views, the reference character I designates a pair of bed supports, each comprising a post 2 secured at its lower end to the juncture of two relatively transverse, base-forming bars 3 and 4, and further connected to the member 3 by a diagonal brace bar 5. The bars forming each described support are formed preferably of angle iron and are rigidly interconnected by rivets or the like. The bars 3 and 4 are rigidly attached to a iioor by screws 6 or the like. The upper end portion of each brace bar 5-is bent to extend vertically and is spaced slightly from a ange of the corresponding post 2, so as to freely accommodate between said flange and brace bar an end portion of a swinging arm 1, jointly pivoted on the brace bar and upright by a bolt 8. The arms I carried by the two supports I are rigidly secured, preferably by rivets, to the end bars 9 of a rectangular, angle-bar frame, which carries the wire mattress-support I0 of the bed. The points of attachment of the arms 'I to said end bars are relatively close to one side of said frame, but predeterminedly spaced from such side, for reasons which will presently appear. Extending from end to end of said frame, above said side thereof is a board Il, which projects upwardly in the position of use of the bed and is horizontally disposed, when the bed is raised. Said board supports the mattress (not shown) and holds it in place when the bed is raised, and is preferably mounted, at its ends, on a pair of angle bars I2 rigidly secured to the end bars of the frame and projecting above and below the frame, in the position of use of the latter. The bars I2 exercise a further function, in that they freely engage and seat on the base bars 4 of the supports I when the bed is raised, so that the weight of the bed securely maintains its raised position, with no tendency to vibrate, rattle, or fall over. To secure this result it is, of course, necessary that the distance from the arms 'I to the adjacent side of the frame be equal to the ydistance from the bolts 8 to the base bars 4.

To the end portions of the frame bars 9 remote from the arms l, there is pivotally secured a pair of legs I3, which .extend downwardly from the frame when the bed is in use and are swung into parallelism with the bars 9 when the bed is raised.

Preferably the frame is reinforced, along each side thereof, by a tubular bar I4 carried beneath the frame by brackets I5 rigidly depending from the ends of the frame.` The bar I4 remote from the pivoted side of the bed, further provides a convenient handle for use in raising or lowering the bed.

It will usually be preferred to install the bed with its pivotal side adjacent to a wall, sothat when raised, the bed will be in close proximity to such wall and consequently out of the way.

The described construction lends itself to inexpensive manufacture, and the muscular effort required to raise and lower the bed is quite moderate.

The invention is presented as including all such modifications and changes as come within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

l. In a bed, a pair of spaced supports each comprising a base, a post upstanding from such base, and a diagonal brace rigidly extending from the base to the post, means rigidly interconnecting the upper portions of each post and the corresponding brace, a substantially rectangular mattress-receiving frame, and a pair of supporting arms rigidly projecting from the frame and engaging between the upper portions of the posts and braces, such portions being spaced to provide guideways for the supporting arms, and pivotJ elements for said supporting arms interconnecting said spaced portions, the frame being pivotal on such elements from a substantially horizontal to a substantially upright position.

2. In a bed, the combination with a post and a diagonal brace for said post, and means rigidly interconnecting the lower end of the post and brace, said post and brace each comprising a pair of substantially transverse flanges, the upper portions of the post and brace being rigidly interconnected through two of said flanges and the upper portions of the other two flanges being spaced, a pivot pin jointly mounted in the spaced flanges, a support pivoted on such pin, and guided in pivotal travel between the spaced flanges, and a bed frame rigidly carried by said support.

WILFRED DESCHAMPS. 

